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The Great Northern Fair Board will seat two new members when it holds its monthly meeting tonight. Hill County Commissioner Jeff LaVoi told the Havre Daily News Friday that Calvin Jilot of Box Elder and Chelby Gooch of Havre, were chosen by the commissioners to fill the two vacancies. Both seats have been open since late last year, following the death of Fair Board Chair Alma Seidel in October and the resignation of fellow board member Lori Roberts in November. The board, whose members are appointed by the commission,...
The annual Hi-Line Film Festival at Atrium Mall is being expanded into a New Idea Expo. This year’s program will include a variety of speakers, presentations and films, information booths and food vendors, as well as documentary films. “We have been doing the film festival for about 10 years,” said Kris Shaw, co-founder of Yellow Bus Creations, the organization that sponsors the film festival. “We haven’t seen participation increase that much, so we thought we would try something new.” This year’s program, which will be...
From My Neighbor in Need The website http://www.myneighborinneed.org/havre provides local citizens a way to ask for help from their community and a way for the community to give back. Current Needs Neighbor in Need: A disabled couple on very low income, are in need of a used/clean queen sleep system (mattress and box spring) as they are currently having to sleep on an air mattress that hurts their backs. If you can help, please call us at 406-750-2542. The identification number is: Havre #177. Thank you very much. Neighbor...
Editor: I was in town with a friend over the weekend and stayed at the AmericInn. I was resigned to being kept awake part of the night given our adjacent rooms were filled with wrestlers attending a tournament. Kudos to the adults chaperoning these students and to the students themselves who comported themselves as responsible young adults. You all were as quiet as church mice. We appreciated it. Linda Haughey Helena...
Havre Police Department Officers made two arrests after a caller at 16th Avenue and 2nd Street reported Monday at 1:17 p.m. that someone shot out her window. Jenal Lee Walker, 37, of Havre was arrested on a probation violation and a 14-year-old was arrested on charges of criminal endangerment, "other," possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal mischief. —— Officers investigated Monday at 2:45 p.m. a two-vehicle crash on 2nd Street. No injuries were reported. —— Austin Cole Morsette, 24, of Havre was issued a summons Monda...
Kay (Conrad) Schellin, 72, died of complications from pneumonia on Feb. 13, 2016, in Havre, Montana, surrounded by her family. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Chinook with a reception to follow. Memorials can be made to the Fine Arts Department at Chinook High School. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://ww...
Barbara A. “Bobbie” Williams, 77, of Mesa, Arizona, went home to our Lord on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Corvallis, surrounded by her family. She was born May 24, 1938, in Boston. Barbara moved to Guam in 1968 where she lived until 1976 when she moved to Montana. She lived in Havre and Gildford, and then she farmed with her husband, John Williams in Kremlin. Following their retirement they moved to Kalispell. Bobbie moved to Mesa, Arizona, where she has lived for the past 10 years. She was a membe...
Agnes Theresa (Roles) McMaster, 84, died Feb. 15, 2016, at a Havre hospital due to natural causes. Her prayer vigil will be 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, with her funeral Mass 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church in Chinook with Father Felix officiating. Burial will follow at the Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home....
Chinook Wrestling Team Five wrestlers, with broken hearts, dealing with pain, sorrow and loss, came together to win a state championship. On the toughest stage in high school wrestling, Tate Niederegger, Kenny Pruttis, Jake Norby, Kevin Young and Derek Bell all placed and scored a remarkable 100 points at this weekend's Class B-C state tournament in Billings, winning a second straight team title, and honoring fallen teammate Jesse Dannels in the best way possible. Niederegger...
A year ago, the Box Elder girls basketball team surprised many when the Bears made a run to the District 9C championship game. But an even bigger surprise came when the Fort Benton-Geraldine co-op won the 9C title in their first year in the tournament. A year later, the 9C girls tournament returns to Havre, and while there will likely be surprises, one thing is for certain, the Bears and Longhorns, along with the Chinook Sugarbeeters, are certainly the teams to watch for when...
If the Chinook high school wrestling team had decided to forgo the 2016 Class C state tournament, no one would have blamed them. Dealing with the tragedy that has befallen the Chinook community, the loss of beloved Jesse Dannels is something that will be ongoing. But, for five high school wrestlers, dealing with the loss of their best friend and teammate, in front of 10,000 people, that’s a burden unlike any other. However, the Sugarbeeters decided to carry that burden with t...
The Glacier Nationals once again were competitive this past weekend but as they have the past few months, they once again went without a victory. The Nationals went on the road and took on the Gillette Wild in back-to-back road games and despite grabbing a lead in the first game and playing some solid hockey, they lost to Gillette 7-2 and 7-0 Friday and Saturday night. In the opening game of the two-game set, the Nationals grabbed a 1-0 lead in the battle of two teams within...
College basketball has March Madness. Along the Hi-Line and throughout the state of Montana, tournament time is here and it will start right here in Havre with the District 9C boys basketball tournament. Eight teams will invade the HHS gymnasium this week for three days to determine the champion of the 9C and also the three teams that will be lucky enough to advance to the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls next week. The action will get underway Wednesday, when the Box...
It was a trough weekend for the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team, and by the end of it, the Ice Hawks were playing with just eight healthy skaters. Havre started its two-game set with the Helena Bighorns at the Havre Ice Dome with just nine players, and goalie Nic Stump would later be lost to injury. And in the end, the Bighorns swept the Ice Hawks by scores of 17-1 and 13-0. In the opening game Saturday morning, Havre got a goal from Noah Krisch on an assist by Alex St...
